Flash Report | April 5, 2019 Register for Free Access Goodwill NYNJ Partners with Price Technologies to Boost Re-Commerce OpportunitiesOn April 1, 2019, nonprofit organization Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey (Goodwill NYNJ) announced a partnership with technology startup Price Technologies (Price) to offer more opportunities for shoppers to buy secondhand items. Read More
Insight Report | April 5, 2019 Premium 5G in Retail: Growing Revenues in E-Commerce, Boosting Capabilities in IoT Technologies, and Unleashing Potential in AI, AR and VR5G should unleash the full potential of data-intense technology in retail, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and reality technologies, empowering existing use cases and delivering new applications. Read More
Insight Report | April 2, 2019 Premium Community Group Buying: China’s New Group Shopping Model Leveraging WeChat Mini ProgramsCommunity group buying refers to an e-commerce model of group purchases by residents within the same neighborhood. Companies launched this service on WeChat mini program to tap into the potential for larger, group purchases from people living in close proximity. Read More
Deep Dive | April 1, 2019 Premium US Retailers Becoming More Relevant Through Acquisitions: Mass Merchandisers vs. AmazonM&A activity has risen in the US retail sector over the past 10 years, in terms of deal value and number of deals, and the same trend applies within the mass-merchandiser sector. Read More
Market Outlook | March 29, 2019 Premium The Opportunity in Women’s Plus-Size Apparel in China: A Potential $10 Billion MarketDespite a low obesity rate, the scale of China’s population means plus-size apparel represents a substantial market with significant potential for brands and retailers. Read More
Event Coverage | March 29, 2019 Register for Free Access Deborah Weinswig’s Shoptalk 2019 Presentation: Nine Things We Can Learn from China and IndiaSummary of the presentation given by Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, at the Shoptalk conference on March 3, 2019, focusing on nine things people can learn from China and India. Read More
Event Coverage | March 27, 2019 Register for Free Access Shoptalk 2019 Startup Pitch Competition Recap: 15 Retail Technology DisruptorsThe Coresight Research was in Las Vegas attending and participating in the Shoptalk 2019 conference, March 3-6. Read More
Event Coverage | March 25, 2019 Register for Free Access VM Global Leadership Summit: Decoding the Consumer, The New Science of Customer BehaviorCoresight Research attended the 13th Annual VM Global Leadership Summit on March 20 in New York City. CEO Deborah Weinswig delivered the keynote address Consumers at the Crossroads of Tech and Retail and moderated a panel discussion titled Tactics and Insights for Decoding Consumer Behavior. Read More
Flash Report | March 18, 2019 Register for Free Access Fung Retailing Group’s Circle K Showcases First AI Checkout Experience in Hong KongOn March 13, 2019, Fung Retailing Group’s convenience-store chain, Circle K, rolled out Hong Kong’s first AI-powered checkout solution using image recognition. Read More
Deep Dive | March 15, 2019 Premium Artificial Intelligence in Retail, Part 3: What Startups Are Doing with AIThis is the third report in a short series looking at artificial intelligence (AI) in retail. In this report, we explore what startups are doing with AI in the context of our proprietary CORE framework, which stands for Communication, Optimization of pricing, Rationalization of inventory and Experiential retail. Read More
Insight Report | March 14, 2019 Premium Insights from China: Slowing Growth, Further Opening of China’s Economy, and Demands to Accelerate the Digital Transformation — Key Points from China’s “Two Sessions”In our weekly series Insights from China, we curate ongoing developments to distill what international brands and retailers need to know about China to succeed in the country. We cover areas such as policy, consumer behavior, consumer sentiment, government regulations and the competitive landscape – as they affect international companies selling to Chinese consumers or looking to enter the market. Read More
Insight Report | March 12, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing #5: Alipay Pushes Cross-Border Payment; JD.com Continues Unstaffed Delivery Initiatives Abroad“New Retail” is a model for integrating online retail, offline retail and logistics across a single value chain powered by data and technology. In this biweekly series, we cover important developments in New Retail in China and beyond. Read More
Deep Dive | March 8, 2019 Premium Blockchain in Retail: Decentralizing the Digitalization of Retail OperationsBlockchain technology has the potential to disrupt retail as it can decentralize processes through which retailers interact with partners, industry players and consumers, making operations more efficient and secure. We looked into the implications for this technology Read More
Insight Report | March 7, 2019 Premium Insights from China: Leveraging the Power of Douyin (TikTok) to Reach and Engage Young Chinese ConsumersDouyin, known as TikTok overseas, is a short video app which allows users to share short videos. The Beijing-based Internet company ByteDance launched the app in 2016 and its international version TikTok a year later. The app gained traction rapidly. Read More
Event Coverage | March 5, 2019 Register for Free Access Day 2 at Shoptalk Coresight Research Insights: Hearing from Levi’s On Personalization; and Using AI to Deepen Connections with CustomersPersonalization is growing in importance to create authentic consumer to brand relationships. Brands and retailers going global are localizing more than ever in other markets. Read More
